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1. Are you right handed?-Right2. What type of knife are you interested in (gyuto, nakiri etc..)-Gyuto3. What size knife are you looking for?-2704. Do you prefer carbon or stainless steel?-Carbon that doesn't rust so easily but can do a really go stainless5. Do you prefer a western handle or a Japanese handle?-either or6. How much did you want to spend? not more than 5007. Do you know how to sharpen? yes

I do want something light that ican use to cut rolls and also cut fish

ChipB

Post subject: Re: looking for a knife

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 1:00 pm

Joined: Thu May 29, 2014 8:38 pmPosts: 1776

I'd recommend the Masakage Shimo http://www.chefknivestogo.com/mash270gy.html, but the iron cladding is pretty reactive. The line runs on the lighter and longer side. The grinds on this blacksmith's knives are awesome. Owned this knife in a smaller format and it was a tremendous athlete. It wasn't quite as thin/slick as a laser, but can handle pretty much every task very, very smoothly. Though again, the cladding is reactive and will take some time to settle down. Alternatively, you could force a patina and not worry about it at all.

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HD steel is semi-stainless so it splits the difference, thin, light, awesome.

+1 --> Absolutely Cedar, that knife was my first thought!

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Lepus

Post subject: Re: looking for a knife

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 8:07 pm

Joined: Sat Mar 01, 2014 7:15 amPosts: 1702Location: Raleigh, NC

I agree, Konosuke HD2. The request is pretty much a word for word description of that knife.

mauichef

Post subject: Re: looking for a knife

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 8:26 pm

Joined: Wed Jan 22, 2014 10:12 pmPosts: 296Location: Maui, Hawaii

I might have the wrong idea but is the op looking to use this for sushi?If so...why would one use a gyoto?The Kono is certainly thin enough but would a sujuhiki be a better choice.I have used my HD gyoto for these tasks but now that I have my Kono Fujiyama suji it's no competition.So what about the Kono HD suji?

Jeff B

Post subject: Re: looking for a knife

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 8:36 pm

Joined: Thu Nov 22, 2012 4:17 amPosts: 5139

mauichef wrote:I might have the wrong idea but is the op looking to use this for sushi?If so...why would one use a gyoto?.....

"2. What type of knife are you interested in (gyuto, nakiri etc..)-Gyuto""I do want something light that i can use to cut rolls and also cut fish", no mention of sushi. Appears he's looking for a light weight all around knife.

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SteveG

Post subject: Re: looking for a knife

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 8:45 pm

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Perhaps MCastillo can provide more details on exactly how he will use this knife. Who knows, a Suji might be a better option - hard to tell at this point.

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